Jason Marquis squares off against his old team. Here's the lineups, courtesy of LaVelle Neal:


CardinalsRafael Furcal, SS
Skip Schumaker, 2B
Lance Berkman, 1B
John Jay, CF
Tony Cruz, C
Daniel Descalso, 3B
Matt Carpenter, RF
Shane Robinson, LF
Zack Cox, DH
Adam Wainright, RHP

Twins
Ben Revere, LF
Jamey Carroll, SS
Joe Mauer, DH
Chris Parmelee, 1B
Ryan Doumit, C
Sean Burroughs, 3B
Brian Dinkelman, RF
Joe Benson, CF
Alexi Casilla 2B
Pitching: Jason Marquis, RHP

Oh, LaVelle also offers this wonderful nugget:


Spring training games are fake ones before the real ones start, but it would be nice for the Twins to remember what it's like to score runs. They have been shut out in back-to-back fields and have yet to homer in Target Canyon, er, Hammond Stadium.

Eesh...

Marquis got out of the first inning after a walk and a single

Carroll hit one to the warning track. Ball must be flying out

Marquis 1-2-3 second. Two long flyouts to CF and a LO to Casilla

Wainwright with 2 perfect innings against the Twins so far

Marquis: double, single, walk, Cardinals up 1-0 mid 3rd

Benson just got his 1st hit of ST in 10 PA with a single off Sam Freeman

Silly baserunning error by Revere (going too far off base of a shallow pop up) has him doubled up to end the inning for the Twins

Silly baserunning error by Revere (going too far off base of a shallow pop up) has him doubled up to end the inning for the Twins

I think that's already his second dumb move (other was a pickoff) in a small number of times on base.

PerKKins 1-2-3 inning with 2 Ks

I think that's already his second dumb move (other was a pickoff) in a small number of times on base.

Yeah... I think that if he continues this, his 25-man roster spot might not be that secure... long Spring; we'll see

Mauer grounds out, Parmelee reaches on a wild pitch strikeout, Doumit singles, Burroughs lines out to CF swinging at 1st pitch. 2 outs men on 1st and 2nd

Dinkelman walks bases loaded with 2 outs for Benson
(Btw, Pridie got a 50-day suspension today - unrelated)

Benson walks to score a run. 1-1. Bases still loaded

Lexi strikes out and leaves the bases loaded.... 1-1 end of 4

Capps just pitched a gopherball to Furcal Cardinals up 2-1

top of 4th over. Capps had 2Ks. Cardinals up 2-1

1-2-3 5th for the Cardinals. Twins still down 2-1. Doom in to start the 6th

Doom: single, single. Cardinals on first and second no outs

infield fly (Nishioka made the catch), Strike out, ground out. Still 2-1 Cardinals mid 6

Twins go down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 6th (Hughes, Hermann, Burroughs)

Casey (oh so) Fien: Fly out, Ground out, walk, K. Mid 7th Cardinals up: 2-1

Ramirez single, Mastroianni sacrifices him to second, Nishioka single, Ramirez out at the plate, 2 outs for the Twins

Carson out to end the 7th. Twins down 1-0

Tyler Robertson: Ground out, single, double play ball, Nishoka almost gets drilled, double play broken, force out at second

Stolen base for the Cardinals in a close call at second

Double, runner scores. 3-1 Cardinals

Chris Herrmann just got drilled on the throwing hand by a foul ball. Stays in the game

Strikeout. Inning over. 3-1 Cardinals mid 8th

Guerra gets 2 ground outs and a strikeout. Mid 9th. Twins down 3-1

Hollimon singles to the right

Ramirez singles to left. Men on 1st and 2nd nobody out.

Mastroianni bunts, Holliman out at third. Gotta love smallball down 2. One out men on 1st and 2nd

Nishioka infield fly. 2 outs

Carson walks bases loaded 2 outs Florimon up

Florimon walks. 3-2. Bases loaded 2 outs. Tosoni up

Tosoni grounds out. Game over Twins lose 2-3

My favorite part of the game is when the Twins drew a bases-loaded walk to bring the game within one and then Rene Tosoni promptly swings at the first pitch in the very next at-bat. Whhhaaaa?